Prizes & Awards

This category is a competition.

1st PlaceSnowdance documentaries of all lengths are considered as a category for awards. The AIFF top prize in each category is an Alaskan Native handcarved walrus oosik (petrified bone) and a certificate of achievement.Sponsor:AIFF Golden Oosikar Award

2nd PlaceSnowdance documentaries of all lengths are considered as a category for awards. A certificate of achievement is the 2nd place prize in each category.Sponsor:No Sponsor

Audience Choice AwardSnowdance documentaries of feature length are considered for this award. A certificate of achievement and screening in Best of the Fest.Sponsor:N/A
This prize is shared with other categories.

Category Rules

Any Snowdance documentary feature length film completed after January 1, 2011, regardless of content or subject. will be accepted. Length must be at least 55 minutes and no more than 180 minutes. The film cannot have been screened in Alaska, or in any other US state, on broadcast or cable TV, prior to December 9, 2012. Films being sold commercially on DVD may not be accepted at the programming director's discretion.

Snowdance special rules:The submitted film must have been either principally filmed in Alaska or the filmmaker (director/producer) is a current resident of Alaska. All other festival rules apply.